Members of Chicago’s first Black church rose to help enslaved people achieve their freedom because they knew theirs hung in the balance.

Hollis Middlebrook recently handed over a relic to Stephen F. Austin State University. “It’s just a really historic document,” she explained. “It dates back to the Republic of Texas.” What she gave ...

On March 8, after six years of waiting, guests at Selma's Brown Chapel AME Church saw glimpses of restored beauty and history, and heard promises of much more to come this year.

The house at 202 S. Church St., on the southwest corner of Clough Street, has been home to a remarkable number of people. From 1924 to 2010 it was a duplex rental, and the units changed hands often.

TULSA, Okla. — On Thursday, Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church announced a nationally funded project that will be preserving the church as the only Black-owned property on Greenwood to survive ...

A historic church in Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood will be an integral part of the city's 250th anniversary celebration. Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church will offer tours, ...

The Historic Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is the oldest African American Church in St. Petersburg. Photo by Leah Burdick. This month marks the 100th year of Black History Month. The ...

It had all the trappings of a conventional Christmas pageant: the three wise men, Christmas carols, and children dressed as angels. But there was a twist: This pageant, performed on Sunday in New ...

Nestled in the East Feliciana woods is a red brick church with white columns built in 1953. However, upon closer inspection, this place for worship is now a place of knowledge, the Clinton branch of ...

Did you know that Christmas is today? Armenian Christmas, that is. Jan. 6 marks the day that the Armenian Apostolic Church, many people in Armenia and the Armenia diaspora celebrate the birth of Jesus ...

Book stacks at Mary Riley Styles Library (staff photo by Scott McCaffrey) The closure of a nearly 200-year-old book wholesaler will impact how soon new materials turn up on the shelves at Falls Church ...

Three Palestinians were arrested on accusations of lighting a Christmas tree on fire and damaging part of a Nativity scene at a Catholic church in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the ...